WOYWW 560 re emergence

 If you go back to my last WOYWW post, when my friends and I last made Christmas cards for the soldiers. You will see how neat this dining/craft room was, some gremlin came in and stored all their STUFF in here lol

 I really need to get some time to get it all back to a decent living soon

 Looking towards the kitchen through the door on the left

 Desk where my Silhouette Cameo 4 is going on 

 How did the desk in the office get so out of hand?

 Hubby's side of the office

 Garage where more craft stuff is stored and kombucha in the making in bottles

 Aaacck what a horrendous mess

I went from an 8 meter by12 meter craft room to a garage and dining room. I must cull soon as all of this mess will not fit in my tiny spaces now, I can't complain, some people only have a cupboard.

Wow my last desk show was 9 months ago. How time flies. 

Since September last year I worked 2 jobs Mon - Fri, so life got very busy.

My craft room is a terrible mess as you can see.

I've had my street library installed, still waiting for some good weather so I can paint and varnish it to weather proof it.

Next craft camp coming up March 20th and I also have some exciting news to share but that will come later.

I've had my new Silhouette Cameo 4 delivered last week, still have not plugged it in to try it out, that is how hectic my life is. However I am spending much time on line collecting hints and tips and svg files. I've resisted getting a cameo since its inception, hubby has been offering to buy me one for years, I eventually caved in and let him buy me one this time as it has much more now that it is capable of than when it first came out.

Also got a new worm farm/composter delivered too.

So hop on over to The Stamping Ground to see what others are up to on their desks.

Composting and Worm Farm

Another exciting day after my Silhouette Cameo 4  delivery on Friday. 

This Worm farm/ Composting bin got delivered on Saturday, 

built right here on Macleay Island by our garden guru Len

 Its made of all recycled material. On the right is the worm farm with a lid on it, I see a platform underneath to put a liquid catching receptacle.

 This is the worm farm area opened up, I have no idea what the plastic bowl with handle is for, 

will ask Len when I next see him. 

The blue roll on the left is to channel the compost into the bin on the other side, like a funnel. Clever man this Len is to think of everything and build it.

 This is the section where the compost is ready to be used in the garden, it will be dropped out of the drum above in the middle after being 'cooked' in there. 

The pipe is to let water in to make the nice mulch.

Air vent for the composting bin, the bin is put on wheels so I can turn it around easily.

 This is my first worm farm that Len made for me and I've had for a year now. Its not doing good, or not fast enough and I know now I have to put cow poo in it to get worm poo hahaha.

  My fancy collection point

 The lid opens up so I can feed it and I put shredded paper and dry leaves to keep it cool.

 Can you see that healthy black worm casting under the leaves and lettuce?

I add the dried leaves on top and spray them with water to keep it cool

I use this pump action water bottle to water my worms

Silhouette Cameo 4

Friday was a very exciting day for me, my Silhouette Cameo 4 arrived, luckily I had a day off to receive it...not that me being home matters as they deliver anyway.

Purchasing Cameo stuff in Australia

Hubby had offered to buy it for me ages ago when it first came out, I refused the offer because at the time it didn't interest me and didnt do too much that I needed it to do.

Now that its at Version 4, it can do so much more and I was happy to take up on the offer.

I couldn't play with it straight away because it came with a US plug. I needed to get an adaptor to be able to use it.

 USA Plug

 AUS Plug

Adaptor

When the delivery guy pulled into the driveway, I was hanging out the clothes, I ran to the car knowing that he had something from Silhouette, hubby said the order is coming in three parts, 

I have 2 so far. Hubby ordered the tool set separately

Its so good to have the first glimpse of whats inside

The box unpacked with all its goodies

The next day I got another exciting delivery, not craft wise. See next post to find out what it is.

Posting this on Sunday because I had a busy Saturday making Chinese Sticky Rice Dumplings, coming up in another post.

Kombucha

Since May 13 - 2019 when I got my first scoby hotel

My hotels going well

Very dark and very vinegary, I don't like making with English breakfast,
I may have to make it less stronger by using less tea leaves

Egyptian tea leaves just starting to brew, it took a long time

 

This is the green tea I use, its a Japanese brand and has rice in it, very nice flavour. 

All the above is called the 1st ferment.

I love the look of the bubbles below when you extract the kombucha after its made.
Thats all that yummy fizz. You can drink it as it is or add fruit at this stage.

Below are all the 2nd ferment where you add the fruit.

 

You will need to burp the bottles everyday, if you dont like I forgot to and one of my bottles blew up. there was mess everywhere on the carpet.

My hairdresser had this given to her and I made her a batch, her kombucha is so yummy. 

I would like one of these one day but they cost $99

 

 Lychee infused                                                 Dragon fruit

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